Writing 101: Retail Rhetoric, or Who's Your Dictionary?
As we get closer to the Holidays and survive the "every day is Black Friday" sales period, I'm constantly amazed by one phrase which has...
Editing 101: Is "Now" Good for You? - quotation marks revisited
A few weeks ago, we talked about questionable usages of quotation marks, and how they can really lend themselves to making otherwise...
Writing 101: Rhetoric, aka "Word Choices Matter"
If you're like me, you've heard a lot of talk, lately, about all of the "political rhetoric" both pre- and post-election. And although...
Editing 101: Is That What You Mean?
We've talked a lot about the issues that Spellcheck can bring to the table. Foremost in those issues is the fact that you tend to get...
Editing 101: To Quote or Not to Quote
I know that a lot of people are confused about the use of quotation marks. Though they seem to be very sure about them in their usage, so...
Editing 101: Spellcheck Is Not Your Friend
We've talked about this before, but I found a great example of it recently, so I thought it was a topic worth a quick revisit. Spellcheck...
The Argument for Editorial Arguments
It seems somehow topical, as the current election season wears on, that we take some time to discuss the art of argument. Or possibly...
Rating Editing Rates
If you look at the websites of most editing service providers (including my own), you'll see that they either list a wide range of fee...
The Everywhereist Says It Better Than I Could (Which Is a Little Frustrating, Honestly)
I once told an author that he needed to include "more concrete and fewer roses" when writing a scene about his past. When we talked about...
How Editing Is Like Dyeing Your Beard - a (mostly) pictorial essay
When you finish your manuscript, because you've been working so closely on it for so long, you've probably become kind of blind to the...
